Maps of Boston

Here are two maps of Boston. I might include some text here about this set of maps.

Interactive Map

This interactive map shows the percentage of households countywide with children as a proportion of the total count of households in Suffolk county:

  • demonstrates the following skills: Displaying data on an interactive map

Zonal Aggregation Map

Map #1 Tree within 500 meter of Schools.

Shows the trees within 500 meters of schools across the city of Boston. It also notes the percentage of total trees within 500 meters of all school.:

  • demonstrates the following skills: Calculating and displaying relationships among point and polygon layers based on distance

Map #2 Boston Tree and Schools

This map shows the count of schools per community area in Boston:

  • demonstrates aggregating points to a polygon

Accessibility

This map shows accessibility based on a distance-decay function of the walking time to the nearest transit stop. It demonstrates the following skills:

  • Displaying multiple vector layers on the same map
  • Calculating and displaying accessibility, based on travel time
  • Displaying raster data on a map

Maps of East Boston

Here is a historical map of East Boston with current boundaries and highway overlaid:

  • Geo-referencing a raster image